European Commission Clears ADM Acquisition of GrainCorp

07/29/2013

DECATUR, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The European Commission has notified Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) of its approval of ADM’s proposed acquisition of GrainCorp
Limited. This brings the number of government agencies that have cleared
the acquisition to six. The Japan Fair Trade Commission, South Africa’s
Competition Commission and Canada’s Competition Bureau cleared the
acquisition earlier this month; the Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission did so in June. The United States Federal Trade Commission
also approved the acquisition last November. ADM continues to work with
regulators in Australia, China and South Korea.

About ADM

For more than a century, the people of Archer Daniels Midland Company
(NYSE: ADM) have transformed crops into products that serve vital needs.
Today, 30,000 ADM employees around the globe convert oilseeds, corn,
wheat and cocoa into products for food, animal feed, industrial and
energy uses. With more than 265 processing plants, 460 crop procurement
facilities, and the world’s premier crop transportation network, ADM
helps connect the harvest to the home in more than 140 countries. For
more information about ADM and its products, visit www.adm.com.